BMW R 1200 RT 2014 Owner's Manual
Rider's Manual
R 1200 RT
BMW Motorrad
The Ultimate
Riding Machine
Vehicle data/dealership details
Vehicle data
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Vehicle Identification Number
Colour code
Date of first registration
Registration number
Dealership details
Person to contact in Service department
Ms/Mr
Phone number
Dealership address/phone number (company stamp)
Welcome to BMW
We congratulate you on
your choice of a vehicle from
BMW Motorrad and welcome
you to the community of BMW
riders. Familiarise yourself with
your new vehicle so that you can
ride it safely and confidently in all
traffic situations.
About this Rider's Manual
Please read this Rider's Manual
carefully before starting to use
your new BMW. It contains important information on how to
operate the controls and how to
make the best possible use of all
your BMW's technical features.
In addition, it contains information on maintenance and care to
help you maintain your vehicle's
reliability and safety, as well as its
value.
Suggestions and criticism
If you have questions concerning
your motorcycle, your authorised
BMW Motorrad dealer will gladly
provide advice and assistance.
We hope you will enjoy riding
your BMW and that all your journeys will be pleasant and safe
BMW Motorrad.
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Table of Contents
1 General instructions ... . 5
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Abbreviations and
symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Actuality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2 General views . .. .. .. .. .. . 9
General view, left side . . . . . . . 11
General view, right side . . . . . 13
Underneath the seat . . . . . . . . 14
Multifunction switch, left . . . . 15
Multifunction switch,
right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3 Status indicators ... .. .. 21
Warning and telltale
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 24
Meaning of symbols . . . . . . . . . 25
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Ambient temperature. . . . . . . . 41
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Service-due indicator . . . . . . . . 42
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4 Operation . .. . .. .. .. .. .. . . 45
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Ignition with Key-
less Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 54
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . 59
Trip meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Emergency off switch (kill
switch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Daytime riding light . . . . . . . . . . 63
Turn indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Hazard warning flashers . . . . . 65
ASC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Riding mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Cruise-control system . . . . . . . 68
Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Electronic Suspension Ad-
justment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Hill Start Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Heating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Adjusting instrument
panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Stowage compartment . . . . . . 79
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
DWA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
5 Riding .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . 91
Safety instructions .. . . . . . . . . 92
Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Shifting gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Parking your motorcycle . . . . 99
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Securing motorcycle for
transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
6 Engineering
details . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . 105
Riding mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Shift assistant Pro . . . . . . . . . 107
Hill Start Control . . . . . . . . . . 108
BMW Motorrad Integral
ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
BMW Motorrad ASC . . . . . . 111
RDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
ESA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
7 Maintenance . . . .. .. . .. 115
General instructions . . . . . . . 116
Toolkit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Rims and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Silencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Front-wheel stand . . . . . . . . . 132
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
8 Accessories . .. .. .. . .. . 147
General instructions . . . . . . . 148
Power sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Navigation system . . . . . . . . . 149
Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Topcase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
9 Care ... . . .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. 157
Care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . 158
Cleaning easily damaged
components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Paint care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Laying up the motor-
cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Protective wax coating . . . . 160
Restoring motorcycle to
use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
10 Technical data . . . .. . 161
Troubleshooting chart . . . . . 162
Threaded fasteners . . . . . . . 163
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Rear-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . 167
Running gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . 169
Electrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Anti-theft alarm. . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Dimensions .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Riding specifications . . . . . . 174
11 Service . . .. . .. .. .. .. .. 175
BMW Motorrad Service . . . 176
BMW Motorrad Mobility
services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Maintenance work . . . . . . . . . 176
Confirmation of mainten-
ance work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Confirmation of service . . . . 183
12 Appendix . .. .. .. .. . .. . 185
Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
RDC certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
13 Index . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 193
General instructions
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Abbreviations and symbols . . . . . . . . . . 6
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Actuality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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Overview
1
An important aspect of this
Rider's Manual is that it can
6
be used for quick and easy
reference. Consulting the
extensive index at the end of this
Rider's Manual is the fastest way
to find information on a particular
topic or item. To first read an
overview of your motorcycle,
please go to Chapter 2. All
maintenance and servicing work
on the vehicle is documented
in Chapter 11. This record of
the maintenance work you have
had performed on your vehicle
is a precondition for generous
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General instructions
treatment of goodwill claims.
When the time comes to sell
your BMW, please remember
to hand over this Rider's Manual;
it is an important part of the motorcycle.
Abbreviations and symbols
Indicates warnings that you
must comply with for reasons of your safety and the safety
of others, and to protect your
product against damage.
Specific instructions on
how to operate, control, adjust or look after items of equipment on the motorcycle.
Indicates the end of an
item of information.
Instruction.
Result of an activity.
Reference to a page with
more detailed information.
Indicates the end of a
passage relating to specific accessories or items
of equipment.
Tightening torque.
Technical data.
OE Optional extras.
The vehicles are assembled complete with
all the BMW Motorrad
optional extras originally
ordered.
OA Optional accessories.
You can obtain
BMW Motorrad
optional accessories
through your authorised
BMW Motorrad dealer;
optional accessories have
to be retrofitted to the
vehicle.
Electronic immobiliser.
EWS
DWA
Anti-theft alarm (Diebstahlwarnanlage).
Anti-lock brake system.
ABS
ASC Automatic Stability Con-
trol.
ESA Electronic Suspension
Adjustment.
Tyre pressure monitoring.
RDC
Equipment
When you purchased your BMW
motorcycle, you chose a model
with individual equipment. This
Rider's Manual describes the
optional extras (OE) offered by
BMW and selected optional accessories (OA). You may find
that it contains descriptions of
items of equipment that you did
not select. Please note, too, that
your motorcycle might not be exactly as illustrated in this manual
on account of country-specific
differences.
If your motorcycle contains
equipment that has not been
described, its description can be
found in a separate manual.
Technical data
All dimensions, weights and
power ratings stated in the
Rider's Manual are quoted to the
standards and comply with the
tolerance requirements of the
Deutsches Institut für Normung
e.V. (DIN). Versions for individual
countries may differ.
Actuality
The high safety and quality level
of BMW motorcycles is ensured
by continuous development
work on design, equipment
and accessories. Because of
this, your motorcycle may differ
from the information supplied
in the Rider's Manual. Nor
can BMW Motorrad entirely
rule out errors and omissions.
Consequently no claims can be
derived from the information,
graphics or descriptions.
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General views
General view, left side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
General view, right side . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Underneath the seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Multifunction switch, left . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Multifunction switch, right . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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General view, left side
1 Clutch-fluid reservoir
( 124)
2 Fuel filler neck ( 100)
3 Seat lock ( 87)
4 with seat heating
Rear-seat heating ( 77)
5 2nd socket
6 Stowage compartment, left
( 79)
7 Payload table
Table of tyre pressures
OE
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General views
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General view, right side
1 Rider's Manual
2 Power socket ( 148)
3 Brake-fluid reservoir, front
( 120)
4 with audio system
Stowage compartment,
right ( 80)
5 VIN (on steering-head
bearing)
Type plate (on steeringhead bearing)
6 Coolant level indicator (be-
hind side panel) ( 122)
7 Oil filler neck ( 117)
8 Rear brake-fluid reser-
voir (behind side panel)
( 121)
OE
2
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Underneath the seat
2
1 Adjusting the driver seat
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General views
height ( 88)
2 Standard toolkit ( 116)
3 Tool for adjusting spring
preload ( 70)
4 Fuses ( 145)
Multifunction switch, left
1 High-beam headlight and
headlight flasher ( 62)
2 with daytime running
3 with cruise-control sys-
4 Hazard warning flashers
5 Windscreen adjustment
6 with LED auxiliary head-
7 Turn indicators ( 65)
8 Horn
OE
light
Daytime riding light
( 63)
OE
tem
Cruise-control system
( 68)
( 65)
( 78)
OA
lights
Auxiliary headlights ( 63)
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9 Multi-Controller and MENU
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General views
key
Multifunction display
( 54)
ASC ( 66)
with Dynamic ESA
D-ESA ( 72)
with audio system
Audio system (see the appropriate operating instructions)
10 Favourite menu ( 58).
OE
OE
Multifunction switch, right
1 with central locking
Central locking ( 80)
2 Riding mode ( 66)
3 Emergency off switch (kill
switch) ( 61)
4 Start engine ( 94)
OE
2
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Instrument panel
2
1 Speedometer
2 Warning and telltale lights
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General views
( 22)
3 with navigation system
with preparation for nav-
igation system
Navigation system
( 149)
4 Ambient-light brightness
sensor (for adapting the
brightness of the instrument lighting)
5 Rev. counter
6 with navigation system
with preparation for nav-
igation system
Release for navigation slot
( 149)
7 Multifunction display
( 24)
8 Trip meter ( 60)
OA
OE
OA
OE
The brightness of the warn-
ing lights and telltale lights,
the display and the instrument
needle and gauge lighting is adapted automatically to suit ambient brightness.
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Status indicators
Warning and telltale lights . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Meaning of symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Ambient temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Service-due indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Tyre pressures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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Status indicators
Warning and telltale
3
lights
22
1 ABS ( 36)
2 ASC ( 37)
3 Turn indicators, left
4 Fuel reserve ( 41)
5 with daytime running
6 High-beam headlight
7 Turn indicators, right
8 Engine electronics
9 with anti-theft alarm
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10 with LED auxiliary head-
OE
light
Daytime riding light
( 63)
OE
(DWA)
DWA ( 86)
with Keyless Ride
Telltale light for the radiooperated key ( 49)
OA
lights
Auxiliary headlights ( 63)
OE
11 with cruise-control sys-
12 General warning light, in
OE
tem
Cruise-control system
( 68)
combination with warning symbols in the display
( 26)
3
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Multifunction display
3
1 Trip meter ( 60)
2 Warning symbols ( 26)
24
3 Menu area ( 54)
Audio system
4 with daytime running
5 with seat heating
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Status indicators
6 On-board computer
7 Clock ( 58)
8 Odometer
9 Riding mode ( 66)
10 with Hill Start Control
OE
light
Automatic daytime riding
light ( 64)
Seat heating ( 76)
Heated handlebar grips
( 75)
with Dynamic ESA
D-ESA settings
( 59)
with tyre pressure monit-
oring (RDC)
Tyre pressure
Hill Start Control ( 74)
OE
OE
OE
OE
11 Gear indicator; "N" indic-
ates neutral
12 Coolant temperature
Fuel level
Meaning of symbols
Meanings of the symbols at position 1:
Average fuel consumption
since last reset ( 59)
Current consumption
Range with fuel now on
board ( 41)
Average speed since last
reset ( 59)
Ambient temperature
( 41)
with tyre pressure monitoring
OE
(RDC)
Tyre pressures ( 43)
Stopwatch ( 59)
Travel times ( 60)
Date (display mode depends on the time format
selected) ( 58)
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Oil level ( 42)
3
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On-board voltage
1 Heated handlebar grips ON
with seat heating
2 Front-seat heating ON
3 Rear-seat heating ON
OE
with Dynamic ESA
1 Damping
2 Vehicle load
OE
Warnings
Mode of presentation
Warnings are indicated by the
corresponding warning lights.
Warnings for which there is no
dedicated warning light are indicated by 'General' warning light 1
showing in combination with a
warning symbol such as, for example, 2 appearing in the multifunction display. The 'general'
warning light shows yellow or
red, depending on the urgency of
the warning.
Up to four warning symbols can
be displayed at any given time.
The status of the 'General' warning light matches the most urgent warning.
The possible warnings are listed
on the next pages. 3
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Warnings, overview
3
Warning and telltale
28
lights
lights up yellow appears on the
lights up yellow appears on the
lights up yellow
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lights up red temperature read-
lights up
flashes Severe engine fault ( 34)
Warning symbols in the
display
appears on the
display
display
display
ing turns red
appears on the
display
Meaning
Outside temperature warning ( 32)
EWS active ( 32)
Radio-operated key out of range ( 32)
Replace the battery of the radio-operated key ( 33)
Coolant temperature too high ( 33)
Engine-oil level too low ( 33)
Engine fault ( 33)
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